<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">A key work here is the classic "Towards A Theory Of Instruction" by Jerome Bruner, Harvard/Belknap Press, 1965. This is a must for anyone who is interested in designing and inventing learning environments. Cheers, Alan <div> </div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><hr size="1">From: "forster@ozonline.com.au" <forster@ozonline.com.au> To: kksubbu.ml@gmail.com Cc: Cherry Withers <cwithers@ekindling.org>; Tim McNamara <paperless@timmcnamara.co.nz>; danielgastelu@yahoo.com.ar; Dr. Gerald Ardito <gerald.ardito@gmail.com>; Steve Thomas <stevesargon@gmail.com>; iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 5:45:39 AM Subject: Re: [IAEP] Etoys, is it difficult or easy? Interesting More on visual and text programming languages <a target="_blank" href="http://www98.griffith.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/10072/24250/1/52212_1.pdf">http://www98.griffith.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/10072/24250/1/52212_1.pdf</a> Tony Quoting "K. K. Subramaniam" <<a ymailto="mailto:kksubbu.ml@gmail.com" href="mailto:kksubbu.ml@gmail.com">kksubbu.ml@gmail.com</a>>: > On Tuesday 28 Sep 2010 2:59:57 am Dr. Gerald Ardito wrote: >> The 5th graders took pretty well to Etoys. It is the drawing piece that >> hooks them, and then the scripting part that really challenges them. And >> the 7th and 8th graders love Scratch. It is interesting to me because they >> also do plenty of "painting" of sprites and backgrounds, but something >> about the bricks seems to match their thinking process. > This could be due to Stroop Effect. >  <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_effect">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_effect</a> > > 5th graders may prefer to doodle with colors, shapes, icons and "physical > models". They can spend more time with manipulating morphs directly and > creating patterns in Etoys. 7th graders, with their language dominant modes, > look upon this as "kids stuff" and would dive right into  > "programming". For the > literates, Scratch is much easier than Etoys. > >> I am getting ready to introduce my current 7th grade classes to Scratch and >> am looking forward to that > I came across some cases where this "doodling" actually helped boost learning > levels (across the board). So don't give up on Etoys yet :-). Dual modes > (visual/textual) may be a good thing. > > Subbu > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > <a ymailto="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a target="_blank" href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> > > _____________________________________________________ > This mail has been virus scanned by Australia On Line > see <a target="_blank" href="http://www.australiaonline.net.au/mailscanning">http://www.australiaonline.net.au/mailscanning</a> > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) <a ymailto="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org" href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a> </div></div> </div> </body></html>